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2007-02-13 16:41:07 UTC
On Feb 13, 2:02 am, admin at ng2000.com wrote:
House leaders believe they can sell Gov. Joe Manchin on increasing his
proposed
raise for teachers, while adding corrections officers, Child
Protective Services
workers and perhaps even regional jail guards into the mix.
Just one of Today's Top 10 Consumer News Stories:
http://www.ng2000.com/fw.php?tp=child-protective-services
Texas Child Protection Caseworker is SCAM Artist
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/02/01/1cps.html
Caseworker charged with stealing gift card intended for child
Donor wanted card to go to boy in state custody, but authorities say
he never received it.
By Katie Humphrey AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Thursday, February 01, 2007
A state Child Protective Services caseworker is accused of stealing a
$200 gift card that was intended as a Christmas present for a child in
protective custody.
Leslie Alexandra St. Aubin, 45, was arrested Monday and charged with
two counts of felony credit card abuse and one misdemeanor count of
theft by a public servant.
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Leslie St. Aubin State employee oversees progress of children state
custody.
According to court documents, police discovered that St. Aubin had
used the Target gift card as they were investigating a report of
credit card abuse at the Target and Wal-Mart stores in Georgetown on
Dec. 19.
Police determined that Georgetown attorney Sara Naylor had intended
for the gift card to be anonymously donated to a child who was in the
state's care as a Christmas gift.
St. Aubin had told Naylor that the child received the gift card and
used it to purchase music CDs, but the child told Naylor that he had
never received it, according to the documents.
In court documents, police say St. Aubin used a stolen credit card to
buy food and household goods at a Wal-Mart and clothing at Target. The
card's owner had mistakenly left it in a card reader at the Target
store, the documents said.
The gift card was used in the same transaction as a stolen credit
card, the documents said.
St. Aubin could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
Public records show that St. Aubin was arrested in March 2005 and
charged with theft by check. She pleaded no contest to issuance of a
bad check, a Class C misdemeanor offense, in July 2005 and was ordered
to pay a $25 fine and court costs.
St. Aubin has been employed by the Department of Family and Protective
Services as a CPS caseworker since November 2005, said Chris Van
Deusen, a spokesman for the department.
She received about three months of training before starting work as a
caseworker who monitors children's progress once they are in state
custody in Williamson County, Van Deusen said.
There are 10 such caseworkers, including St. Aubin, in Williamson
County, with an average of about 52 cases each, he said.
All department employees must pass a criminal background check before
they are hired, Van Deusen said. The department is working with law
enforcement to investigate the allegations, he said.
"We want to determine exactly what happened," Van Deusen said. "There
hasn't been any disciplinary action yet, but that's certainly a
possibility."
St. Aubin was also being held in connection with a misdemeanor theft
by check case in Travis County. She remained in the Williamson County
Jail on Wednesday, with bail set at $36,000.
House leaders believe they can sell Gov. Joe Manchin on increasing his
proposed
raise for teachers, while adding corrections officers, Child
Protective Services
workers and perhaps even regional jail guards into the mix.
Just one of Today's Top 10 Consumer News Stories:
http://www.ng2000.com/fw.php?tp=child-protective-services
Texas Child Protection Caseworker is SCAM Artist
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/02/01/1cps.html
Caseworker charged with stealing gift card intended for child
Donor wanted card to go to boy in state custody, but authorities say
he never received it.
By Katie Humphrey AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Thursday, February 01, 2007
A state Child Protective Services caseworker is accused of stealing a
$200 gift card that was intended as a Christmas present for a child in
protective custody.
Leslie Alexandra St. Aubin, 45, was arrested Monday and charged with
two counts of felony credit card abuse and one misdemeanor count of
theft by a public servant.
{enlarge photo)
Leslie St. Aubin State employee oversees progress of children state
custody.
According to court documents, police discovered that St. Aubin had
used the Target gift card as they were investigating a report of
credit card abuse at the Target and Wal-Mart stores in Georgetown on
Dec. 19.
Police determined that Georgetown attorney Sara Naylor had intended
for the gift card to be anonymously donated to a child who was in the
state's care as a Christmas gift.
St. Aubin had told Naylor that the child received the gift card and
used it to purchase music CDs, but the child told Naylor that he had
never received it, according to the documents.
In court documents, police say St. Aubin used a stolen credit card to
buy food and household goods at a Wal-Mart and clothing at Target. The
card's owner had mistakenly left it in a card reader at the Target
store, the documents said.
The gift card was used in the same transaction as a stolen credit
card, the documents said.
St. Aubin could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
Public records show that St. Aubin was arrested in March 2005 and
charged with theft by check. She pleaded no contest to issuance of a
bad check, a Class C misdemeanor offense, in July 2005 and was ordered
to pay a $25 fine and court costs.
St. Aubin has been employed by the Department of Family and Protective
Services as a CPS caseworker since November 2005, said Chris Van
Deusen, a spokesman for the department.
She received about three months of training before starting work as a
caseworker who monitors children's progress once they are in state
custody in Williamson County, Van Deusen said.
There are 10 such caseworkers, including St. Aubin, in Williamson
County, with an average of about 52 cases each, he said.
All department employees must pass a criminal background check before
they are hired, Van Deusen said. The department is working with law
enforcement to investigate the allegations, he said.
"We want to determine exactly what happened," Van Deusen said. "There
hasn't been any disciplinary action yet, but that's certainly a
possibility."
St. Aubin was also being held in connection with a misdemeanor theft
by check case in Travis County. She remained in the Williamson County
Jail on Wednesday, with bail set at $36,000.